Plantpot Dapperling

Plantpot Dapperling - Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

Alternative names
Yellow Houseplant Mushroom
Description

The main identifying feature is the bright yellow colour of the mushrooms. The cap in the young fruit-bodies is usually taller than broad, though becoming convex, often with shallow radial grooves near the margin with maturity. There is a ring left on the yellow stipe (stalk).

Similar Species

Other species of fungi can turn up in house plant compost.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good quality photos taken from top and side, and photos of the fungus in is habitat or context

Habitat

An 'exotic' species and not found in the wild in Britain but in greenhouse situations and in compost with potted plants.

When to see it

All year round.

UK Status

Not found in the wild in Britain

VC55 Status

Not known

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

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All NatureSpot records